blastodisk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk

Word forms

blastodisk blastodisks blastodisc

Etymology

From blasto- + disk.

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